16 episodes
WADUP WADUP Productions
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- Society & Culture
WADUP makes audio stories online with young people across the world. Season 01 was co-produced, remotely, by teens from Romania, Israel, the UK and the UAE covering themes from getting conscripted into the army at 18 to finding hidden histories of Romanian women and resisting the temptations of the middle aisle at Aldi.
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School Routes by Mollie Davidson
Is there a certain route you know like the back of your hand? WADUP producer Mollie Davidson looks back over a journey she has done countless times in her life and what it means to her and others who walked the same route every day for years.
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Episode production: Mollie Davidson
Special thanks to: Everyone who spoke to Mollie about their route to school especially Holly, Fred and Balázs.
Story coaching: Miranda Dixon
Hosted by: Ekram Esmael
Mixing: Laura Brierley Newton
Theme music: James Taylor and the SoundMix team with Yousef Essa at the UK Refugee Council
Episode art: Mollie Davidson
Release date: 21/12/2021 -
The Sound of Friendship by Yasmin Afrah
23 year old WADUP producer Yasmin from Mogadishu looks at what makes a friendship, and whether online friends or IRL friends are stronger.
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Episode production: Yasmin Afrah
Special thanks to: Lieban, Huda and Mahammad
Story coaching: Irit Pollak
Hosted by: Ekram Esmael
Mixing: Laura Brierley Newton
Theme music: James Taylor and the SoundMix team with Yousef Essa at the UK Refugee Council
Episode art: Marcus Tan de Bibiana
Episode music: Blue Dot Sessions
Release date: 13/12/2021 -
Queers Anonymous by A
WADUP producer A goes on a personal journey to find out what it means to be queer and questions whether someone can be accepted and embraced as part of the queer community when it’s not safe for them to ‘come out of the closet’.
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Episode production: A
Special thanks to: Dee, Amani, Ria and V
Story coaching: Laura Brierley Newton
Hosted by: Ekram Esmael
Mixing: Laura Brierley Newton
Theme music: James Taylor and the SoundMix team with Yousef Essa at the UK Refugee Council
Episode art:
Episode music: Siddharta Corsus - Free Music Archive, JayJen - Free Stock Music, Kabbalistic Village - Free Stock Music
Release date: 04/12/2021 -
Maarulal / Moutaineers by Mahammad Kekalov
Have you heard of the Caucasus Mountains? Nestled amongst them are an ancient people called the Avars. WADUP producer Mahammad Kekalov is of the Avar people. In his episode Mahammad shares with us the struggle of trying to preserve the culture and traditions of his people.
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Episode production: Mahammad Kekalov
Special thanks to: Könül Aliyeva, Shahru Shabanov and Sevinj Usullayeva
Story coaching: Lisa Taylor
Hosted by: Ekram Esmael
Mixing: Laura Brierley Newton
Theme music: James Taylor and the SoundMix team with Yousef Essa at the UK Refugee Council
Episode art: Ehtiram Jabí
Episode music: Highlander Avar: Хадис Сабиев - "магıарулал" - Горец
Release date: 25/11/2021 -
Letters from America by Katie Campbell
What would you do if your entire identity was turned upside down in the space of 24 hours? Producer Katie Campbell shares her story of going from working at a camp in America to finding herself navigating hospitals, surgeries and survival.
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Episode production: Katie Campbell
Special thanks to: Katie’s mum, dad, brother, Lee Anne, Ellen and Zulfi.
Story coaching: Jordan Gass-Poore'
Hosted by: Ekram Esmael
Mixing: Laura Brierley Newton
Theme music: James Taylor and the SoundMix team with Yousef Essa at the UK Refugee Council
Episode art: Katie Campbell
Episode music: Audio Network
Release date: 17/11/2021 -
The New Mountaineer by Maryam Mohammed Muayad
What makes a home? Producer Maryam Mohammed Muayad goes in search of what home means to her as she and her family move from Baghdad, Iraq, to Amman, Jordan, and then to Erbil, in Kurdistan Iraq.
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Episode production: Maryam Mohammed Muayad
Special thanks to: Sima Aziz, Ghazalah Jango, Ethar Ameen, Shirin Tariq, Fatima Fars, Nagham Zeyad, Gheed Muayad
Story coaching: Miranda Dixon
Hosted by: Ekram Esmael
Mixing: Laura Brierley Newton
Theme music: James Taylor and the SoundMix team with Yousef Essa at the UK Refugee Council
Episode art: Maryam Mohammed Muayad
Episode music: Blue Dot Sessions, Free Music Archive: Farzad Farhangi and Serge Quadrado
Release date: 9/11/2021